Any full- or part-time worker can have 80% of their wage paid by the state, up to £2,500 a month, under a groundbreaking "furlough" scheme. But the scheme does not apply to people who started a new job after the cut-off date of February 28. There is an exception for the furlough scheme for people who were made redundant after March 1. They can be rehired to their old firm and put on the furlough scheme. The money is still expected to arrive with firms by the end of April, but Treasury officials hope they will act sooner than that by using the cash from a VAT holiday.

Source: Daily Mirror April 01, 2020 12:31 UTC